CBI probe into Saraswati killing demanded #Odisha #News

Bhubaneswar/Phulbani: Six years after VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati was gunned down in sensitive Kandhamal district, an organisation on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into his killing even as his followers observed his death anniversary.

Though six years have passed since Saraswati and four others were shot dead at his Jalespata ashram in Kandhamal, crime branch of police has been unable to establish the source of conspiracy behind the crime, speakers at a meeting held by “Swami Laxmananda Saraswati Smrutinyas” said.

“It shows that the crime branch is inefficient and an inquiry by CBI will help the truth come out,” they said.

Saraswati and four of his disciples were gunned down by assailants on the Janmastami Day in 2008 at his Ashram in Kandhamal district triggering communal violence.

Organised under chairmanship of Mansukhlal Sethia, the meeting delved into the issue of security of saints and demanded stringent punishment for the culprits behind the assassination of Saraswati.